Improvement in cigar-machines



V 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. DE BARY. CIGAR MACHINE.

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Patented May 28, 1861.

2. Sheets-Sheet 2. J1 DE BABY. CIGAR MACHINE.

Non 32,405. I Patented May 28 1861.

a?! a w 0 a r A a 131m i I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS DE BABY, OF OFFENBAOH, HESSE, GERMANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,406, dated May 28, 1861.

Sheet I represents a longitudinal section of a my machine in the position'where the tobacco to form a core is-delivered into the rolling mechanism. Sheet II represents a longitudinal section'ofthe machine, showing the mannerof Inakingthe core. Sheet Ill, Fig.1,

shows the manner of operating theknife, and

Fig. II the mechanism of the feeding appa ratus. Sheet IV represents several parts of the machine in detail, to be hereinafter referred to.

The tobacco or leaves U, intended for the interior or cores of cigars, having been deprived of their fibers and submitted 'to the necessary desiccation, are laid uponthe endless strap or band C, SheetsI and II. This strap 0 passes'over-rollers. The hindmost roller (not shown in the drawings) is furnished with a screw to produce the proper tension on the strap; An endless band, D, is placed near the forward end, and conducts thetobacco, in combination with the band 0, between the plates E M. This strap D passes over the two rollers K L, and may be extended bythe screw acting on the roller L. The tobacco is limited on each side by side rails. in the drawings.) That part of the band C where the tobacco is placed is kept rigid by a board, 7), while at; its forward end, where the band D exerts a pressure upon the tobacco, it is supported by rollers P. The under side of the band D is likewise held in a straight position by friction-rollers P.

Behind the roller L a roller, N, is situated, upon which a band of silk or other material, \Y, is placed, to, the other end' of which a weighted metal square, Y, is attached, which takes hold 0. the after part of "the tobacco and assists moving the same forward. The

pushing forward of the tobacco only takes place at intervals, so that an equally-compressed broad layer is brought before the open- (Not shown ing formed by the plates E M, to be cut off by the knife G. v

The manner of operating the bands 0 and D is as follows: Upon the axis of the roller Ii a ratchet-wheel, J, (sceFig. II, Sheet 111,) and a cog-wheel, i, are keyed on, which latter drives a wheel, j, of the same size, fixed to the axis of the roller K. The roller N, and consequently the metal square Y, 'is put in ma tion by a series of cog-wheels connecting the rollers L and N. A movement 'of the ratchet-wheel J in the direction of the arrow produces, consequently, a forward movement of thestraps O and D of the metal square Y;

A wheel, S, Fig. II, Sheet III, is fastened on the shaft 0, Sheet I and II, provided with a bearing, k, working in a slide acted upon by a screw, m, by which the position of this bearing may be rendered more or less distant from the center of the wheel S, whereby the motion of the ratchet-wheel j, and consequently of the bands, is regulated according to the size of the cigar to be made. This bearing is is con 'nected through the rod a with the ratchet-lever '1 and ratchet-hooks n and w, and it will therefore be evident that by a revolution of the. wheel S a movement of the ratchet-wheel j must ensue. The lever-T carries an eccentric, Q, above the ratchet-hooks, the. rotation of which acts upon the extremities of the ratchethooks o and 10, so as to raise said hooks, which causes the instantaneous stoppage of the bands.

The required quantity of tobacco U, having been pushed throughthe plates E and M, is cut off by the knife G, the action of which will be better understood by reference to Fig.

I, Sheet III.- A wheel, WV, is fastened on the ing formed by the plates E and M, as shown in Sheet IL This lover a turns on a center or shaft, Y, attached to the upright stand 0'. At the extremities of this lever a a machine,"

The rise and fall of this knife E, is arranged, which takes hold ofthe' tobacco. This machine E consists of two metal plates, a and a, hinged together so as to form a jaw, and acted upon by a spring in such a manner as to keep the jaw open and allow thereby the tobacco to go into the same. When the knife G- is moved downward to cut off the required quantity of tobacco, a projection, H,

' fast to said knife, comes in contact with abolt,

,J, and pushes the same against the jaw, so as to counteract the-spring, which had the tendency of keeping. the. jaw open, and closes at the same time the jaw, and does not allow it to open.- The lever 0:, together with this machine E or jaw, is then made to descend, and is guided in its descent by the slide R, acting on the arm a", so as to present at its lowest point the opening or mouth of the jaw toward the angle formed by the-bands X Y, Sheet I.

'The hook of the bolt J hooks itself in descending into ahole of the projection R, which draws said bolt J from the hinges of the pinchers n and n", which are then opened by the action of their spring and allow the tobacco to fall into the angle formed by the bands X Y. This lever 11 is worked by a wheel, p, attached .to the shaft a, (see Fig. VIII, Sheet IV,) provided with an eccentric'gro'ove, 15. The pin 14 of the lever B works in this eccentric groove, and the end of the lever P is connected by the 'rodZ with an arm, 2, fast on the shaft y, and through'which the arm or lever -a is driven,

whichis fixed on the same axle, y. i

, XY are two endless bands,which pass roun rollers W and, W and round the small cylinders r, s, and s, which latter are mounted on slide-guides in order to regulate the tension of the endless bands X and'Y. The band X also touches a' cylinder, fi, to which an 'up-and- .down motion is imparted, as will be hereinafter described. After the tobacco has reached the angle formed by the bands X and Y, and has been discharged therein, the roller fi takes the position, as shown on Sheet II, which forces the tobacco to roll itself up. In order to prevent the particles of tobacco of which the core is composed from separating immediately, and while the same rolls'itself up, coverings of tobacco-leaf, b, and of 'paper, 0, or of either of them alone, is brought to the core while in the above-mentioned position and made to surround the said core.v The wrapping-papers have the double object of protecting the tobacco from irfj ury during its progress through the machine, and, further, to serve as a covering, so that'it may not expand on leaving'the machine, but retain its smooth and round form. The same wrapping-paper may be repeatedly made use of..

All cores of cigars made bymachinery, if not covered immediately by the external or outer tobacco-leaf by which the cigar is finished, will become loose and partly un roll after comingfrom the, machine if allowed to lay any-length of time, and require a rerolling by hand before the outside tobacco-leaf can be put on. To prevent this necessity of rerolling the cores forms the object and use of the wrapping-paper c, and any description of paper may be used for this purpose, as said wrapping-paper does not form any part'of the cigar, but is removed when the outside tobac co-leaf is put on, and is then used again for another core.

The laying on of the binding or covering leaves I), as well as of the wrapping-papers c placed underneath them, is rendered continuous by means of the endless feeding-handset a, Sheet I and II,"passing over the divided platform (I, and worked by suitable machinery in a succession of impulses simultaneously with the cutting off of a portion of tobacco for the interior or core of a cigar All the covering-- leaves 'b and paper con the hands a a move forward in the direction of the arrow. That lying the farthest forward is moved from the bands at (1; upon the band Y, and remains in that position until the elastic bands X Y, and with them the tobacco which is to form the core of the cigar,begin to revolve. The coveringv leaf and paper being pressed upon the band Y by the endless band 6 e which moves at the same time and with the same velocity as the. bandY, must necessarily also take part in its movement, and are thus conducted along toward the tobacco. The covering leaf, and afterward the wrapping-paper,-after their arrival at the tobacco, remain pressed against the band Y by the rotation of the to bacco, and thus, on its coming from the space. formed by the tobacco on the band Y, comes into contact with the band X, which seizes it and carries itupward, from the upper part of which it is again had round the tobacco b'ythe descending band Y. It is thus obvious that a rolling of the covering-leaf and wrappingpaper must take place. This rolling having been accomplished, the rotation of the tobacco still continues but only in order to 1 gain working time that is to say, to obtain a certain number of portions of tobacco in the machine at once, the rotation of the core of a cigar in the position marked 1, Sheet II, is allowed to continue some time, and the core is then brought into the position marked 2, as will be hereinafter described. The machine is. now made ready to receive afresh core, .the operation being performed as before, the first core-remaining in the same position, 2, untilthe rotation of thefresh'core commences. During the rotation of the fresh core and on the next interruption of the process for the reception of a new core it will almost have received its necessary rotundityand solidity. So soon as this second rotation ceases the first core or cigar'comes into position 3, Sheet I, and lies in aspace formed between the band Y andan endless band, f. It remains stationary in this position during the supply of a new core; but on the recommenee'ment of the rotary 'movement it is brought by the bands Y and f beyond the roller 9 to the beginning of the conducting-platform 1', over which an elastic cloth, 7:, is fastened,

Y, are fixed, carrying twelve rol 1ers,-W while the driving-shaft V receives the disks band Y leaves the cigar, which is seized by the band. hand rolled over the elastic cloth h,

fastened to the platform 13, and over the conducting-plate 1 till it arrives at position 6, Sheet I, under the roller n, which is pressed by a weight against the spring-plate Z, and, rolling continually forward, it is deposited in a notch in the frame which frame serves to reeeivethe cigars. The platform 5 and spring-plate Z, upon which the cigar rolls from position 5 to position 6, are so contrived that the cigar continually becomes more compact. This rolling may therefore be'considered as a continiiation of the rotary movement.

The up-and-downmotion of the roller 3 is produced by. the eccentric groove 12, Fig. 9,

Sheet IV, attached to a wheel, M, mounted on theshaft u. Into the eccentric groove 12 the one end oftheleve'r T'works, oscillating about the point I", and the other endof said lever T carriesthe roller ,6. The rotation of the wheel M communicates,therefore,the desired motion to said roller [1.

The intermitting motion of the endless bands X and Y is effected, and the construction of the. mechanism of the drums around which the sameare stretched, and the manner of operating the same, is as follows: On the shaft V, Fig. 11 and 11", Sheet IV, two disks, Y

T and T, which carry twelve rollers, W. Fig. 11, Sheet TV, shows o'ne end of these rollers W and W", which carry on their endspinions RI and R, gearing into the wheels L and L, fast to the disks Yand Y.

the wheel N. To increase the friction of the surfaces .of these. rollers W and W, they are covered with thin eaoutchouc orits equivalent. These disks Y and Y, together with their axles and the rollers, form the two drums A and A. Over the'rollers Wof the drum A the endless band X (composed of india-rubher or any other elastic substance) is stretched, and over the rollers \V of the drum A the elastic band'Y. The tension of these bands may be increased or lessened by the extending-rollers ands, Sheet I and II. These tension-rollers, moreover, serve for guiding the endless elastic bands, for which purpose they are provided withconical flanges. The. band X also passes over the roller 9, as has been before mentioned. The gearing of the wheels M and M can be broken at a certain moment by the retreat of the wheel N, as will be hereinafter described. On the drivingshaft 1: two pulleys, 9 and 9, are placed, which.

To these j wheels-Land L"whee1s Mand M are fastened, to which adifferential motionis'imparted by turn loosely upon the axle 7:. The pulley 9 has on one. side a friction-plate, 13, against which, at certain times, the plate 16, inovableon the axle n on a wedge, is pressed, and upon the other side the pulley 9 has a nave,

upon which the pulley 9 turns loosely. and upon which, besides, another driving-wheel, 18, is keyed, which, by means of an immediate driver, sets the axleuinto continuous motion. This axle t makes exactly the same number of revolutions as the number of finished cigars or cores; The pulley9receives its motion from any moving power through a driving-strap.

When the pinion N is in gear with the wheels I M and M, the disk 16 is pressed against the friction-plate 13 of the pulley 9 in the follow- 'ing manner:

In a neck or groove, 17, formed on the wheel 2, one end of a cylindrical.spring-gudgeon on a lever, 19, takes, which at its other extremity takes into a groove, a, formed onthe frictiond-isk 16. As the neck 17, in which thegudgeon takes, is formed eccentrically for a part of its length, it causesthe lever 18 to oscillate, which consequently transmits a similar motion to the said disk 16 and presses or, draws the same alternately to and from the friction-plate l3 of the pulley 9. When the disk 16 is in contact with the driving-pulley 9, the revolution of the shaft 7: puts the pinion. N in motion,

which, when thrown in gear. with the wheels M and M; communicates motion to the same,

and consequentlyto the rollers Wand W- and the enclless, bands X and Y. The cylinder or roller ,9 has been brought in aposition as shown on Sheet II, which prevents the tobacco from moving out of its position, and inconsequence of the friction against the bands cannot remain motionless, tion of the tobacco, and a roll of tobacco is thereby formed. By the motion of the band Y, however, as also by the simultaneous turn ing of the band ee, the binding or covering leaf b and the paper 0, after a few revolutions, are

brought to the said roll and wrapped round it,

as above described. When v the rotation of the roll or cigar in the position 1, Sheet II,

ceases,'the' friction-disk 16 is made loose and the driving-wheel N put out of gear. The wrapping-roller 5 at the same time is made to rise, as above described, and the, drums A and A are moved some distance round, by which the cigar or core moves from position l to position 3. l

For the purpose of disengaging the wheel N from the wheels M and M, the wheel M,

which movesalong a wedge fixed upon the shaft a, is provided with a groove, a, (see Figs. 11 and 1 1,Sheet IV,) into which a lever, e", takes, connectedthrough the rod c with the leve'r'e, which latter is operated by an eccentric groove, 20, providedon the wheel A. The above-mentioned movement'of the drums A andA consists in their being both turned in the same direction one-twelfth of thei'rcircumference and. firmly keptin this 13081131011 till a repeated movement. For

but" produces a rotafalls into one of the holes a.

, ers A, B, m, and n.

this purpose the drums A and A are connected together at one end by gearing m and.

m", Fig. .10, Sheet IV. On the shaft V of drum A a lever, E, is placed, having a ratchetcircumference in the direction of the arrows.

The lever E is operated by means of an eccentric groove, 9, provided on' a wheel, P, fast .on the shaft '11,, operating the lever g, which latter is connected through the rod f with the lever E; The drums are firmly held in their positions, whenever required, by the stop: tenon T, Fig. 12, Sheet IV, fixed to the lever T. A disk, S, is fixed on the driving-shaft u, provided with a projection, d, which produces the ciscillation of the lever T, and thereby withdraws the pin T out of the holes a, Fig. 1.0, Sheet IV, before the forward movement of the drums is effected. This stop-tenon T passes through an aperture in the side frame of the machine, and is pressed by a spiral spring, 1;, against the drum Y where, when this drum arrives at the proper'position, it Simultaneously with the forward movement of thedrums the roller B, as before mentioned, has risen. The

rolling-machine, on the falling of the tenon T into one of the holes a, stands in the same position as represented on Sheet I, and therefore, on the completion of this period of the work, all the operations for a new cigar can be repeated. When the core passes from position 2 to 3, Sheet 1, the band X leaves it, and .it is taken by the endless band f, which is supported by three rollers, g g g, andbrought' upon the fr'amei, which is covered by an elastic band, h, where, in position 5, Sheet 1, the strap 70 takes hold of the core, which continues the rotation of the core-and draws the same over the cushion h of the platform 12 and along the spring-board l to and beneath the .roller n. The strap kv passes around the roll- As soon as thecore arrives beneath the roller n the band 7c loses its tension, through the core, which pushes back cylinder n;. but in order to make the core enter the receptacle in the frame q, the cylinder n regains its former position by the lever H audits counter-weight O, fixed to the lever F and operating said roller n. h The lever f provided with a counter-weight, maintains the tension of the band k. The receiving-frame q, "sliding on rails fast to the frame, advances one compartment each time that the preceding motion is repeated, which is effected by means of a ratchet, G, (see Sheets I and 11,) which works in ratchet-teeth in the side. of frame q, and is moved by the lever K through the ratchet-lever H", connected together by the rod J. The upper arm of the lever K is furnished with a roller, which runs in an eccentric groove, 22, in the plate L, keyed upon the shaft a.

Having now described the construction and -by Letters Patent, is-- l. The conducting and compressing of the tobacco intended forfthe interiors or cores of the cigars by means of the bands 0 and D, in combination with the metal square Y, the whole beingconstructed and operated in the manner described.

2. Thearrangement and construction of the jaw E on the end .of the arm a, and the manner of operating the same for the purpose of receiving the portions of tobacco intended for a core of the cigar, which is cut off by the descent of the knife G, and delivering the same in the rolling-machine.

3. The use andarrangement of the roller ,9, operating the endless band X, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

4. The employment of wrappiugpapers in whole being substantially constructed and op erating in the .manner herein described and specified.

JULIUS DE BABY.

Witnesses;

- W. F. Rnuss,

Aueusr GLAYSE. 

